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Magpul standing firm on threat to leave Colorado if gun bill passes

By John FryarLongmont Times-Call

Posted:
02/22/2013 12:01:00 AM MST

Updated:
02/22/2013 01:40:22 AM MST

U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, looks at a gun sight made at Magpul Industries Corp. during a tour of the Erie plant Thursday morning. Magpul, a gun-parts manufacturer, has threatened to leave Colorado if the state passes a law limiting the capacity of ammunition magazines. (Lewis Geyer, Longmont Times-Call)

ERIE — An amendment to one of four gun bills being debated by the Colorado legislature isn't enough to keep a maker of firearms accessories in the state, top management told U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner during a tour Thursday.

Magpul has threatened to leave Colorado if the legislature passes and Gov. John Hickenlooper signs gun bills that include one that would limit the capacity of ammunition magazines that can be sold and possessed in the state.

An amendment attached to that bill before it cleared the House in a floor vote this week would allow manufacturers of magazines that hold more than 15 rounds to make them in Colorado and sell them elsewhere.

But Magpul officials told Gardner, Marble and state Rep. Lori Saine — a Dacono Republican who joined the others after they had completed the Magpul plant tour — that the amendment wouldn't be enough to prompt the company to stay in this state if the bill becomes law.

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